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Question: How much do you agree or disagree with each of these statements? - People worry too much about human progress harming the environment
Choices: "Strongly agree" "Agree" "Neither agree nor disagree" "Disagree" "Strongly disagree"
Data: % of "Strongly agree" "Agree"
Period:
Area:
29 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Mexico53.9%
2 Turkiye40.0%
3 United States38.7%
4 United Kingdom36.7%
5 Australia36.1%
6 Israel35.9%
6 New Zealand35.9%
8 Republic of Korea35.7%
9 Slovenia35.4%
10 Portugal33.8%
11 Germany31.8%
12 France31.7%
13 Latvia30.9%
13 Norway30.9%
15 Chile29.8%
16 Austria29.4%
17 Czech Republic29.2%
18 Iceland28.6%
19 Netherlands28.4%
20 Belgium28.3%
21 Spain28.0%
21 Switzerland28.0%
23 Slovakia26.4%
24 Sweden25.7%
25 Canada25.2%
26 Denmark24.3%
27 Lithuania23.8%
28 Finland 19.8%
29 Japan12.4%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded. Germany: unweighted sum of West and East Germany. United Kingdom: excluding Northern Ireland.

No data for 9 countries.

Source
ISSP 2010

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.780470 X +7.317
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.227
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.052

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -59929.024850 X +64164.931
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.186
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.035

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -21.766455 X +87.060
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.439
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.193

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 1.377162 X +1.189
Correlation coefficient (r)0.293
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.086

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -16.905037 X +15.726
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.297
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.088